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• “Will a new Virginia law boost energy storage?” — WHRO • “Virginia SNAP enrollment drops 100K as federal cuts strain food pantries.” — WSLS • “Virginia Sales Tax Holiday Weekend.” — WAVY • “No evidence of gunshots fired after reported armed person at Virginia Military Institute.” — WSET • “Heat index could reach 109 […]
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Staff Report
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7/16/26
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Gov. Kelly Ayotte has again vetoed legislation to keep transgender people out of bathrooms, sports teams, and prisons that align with their gender identity. The veto came as part of the final tranche of bills sent to the governor from this year’s legislative session. And it was one of three bills Ayotte blocked Wednesday. There […]
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Ethan DeWitt, William Skipworth
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7/16/26
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When CNBC last week announced it had rated Ohio this year’s “Top State for Business,” Republican leaders said it was proof that their economic policies were working for Ohioans. But that’s not what the rating was meant to assess, said a journalist who helped produce it. Nor was the ranking an evaluation of which state […]
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Marty Schladen
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7/16/26
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Despite Ohio ranking 12th in education overall, 68% of Ohio fourth graders were not proficient in reading and 68% of Ohio eighth graders were not proficient in math, according to the latest Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Book. The study shows the percentage of Ohio students not proficient in reading has increased 4% from […]
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Megan Henry
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7/16/26
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An independent oversight program created in response to a horrific rape, meant to protect some of Arizona’s most vulnerable people, will cease at the end of this year unless it finds a new funding source, a casualty of Arizona’s newest bipartisan state budget. In 2018, a 29-year-old woman who had developmental disabilities and could not […]
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Caitlin Sievers
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7/15/26
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In East Idaho, health officials are reporting that a vaccinated adult contracted measles in Teton County, near a Wyoming travel destination area that’s under an active measles outbreak. The case marks Idaho’s 10th case of measles this year. That puts Idaho — like the rest of the U.S. — on track to outpace the state’s […]
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Kyle Pfannenstiel
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7/15/26
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More than 70 members of the public filled every seat and stood shoulder to shoulder on the side of the room Wednesday as a new North Dakota legislative committee held its first meeting focused on artificial intelligence and data centers. Linda Hagen Mathern, a Bismarck citizen concerned about data centers, told lawmakers there were many […]
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Jacob Orledge
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7/15/26
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New Orleans officials joined a coalition of community-based organizations to call for the installation of emergency siren systems across the state weeks after 14 tornadoes touched down in the greater New Orleans area from Tropical Storm Arthur.
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Halle Parker, Verite
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7/15/26
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A dentist who has practiced in Iowa for less than two years has been cited for unsanitary conditions in his practice. Harry Nguyen of West Des Moines was recently charged by the Iowa Dental Board with failure to maintain adequate safety and sanitary conditions for a dental office, and with failure to comply with standard […]
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Clark Kauffman
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7/15/26
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A Rhode Island federal judge on Wednesday left intact his ruling from last month blocking the Trump administration’s freeze on processing asylum applications from nearly 40 countries. Chief U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. denied U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) request to put his June 5 order on hold while the case is […]
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Christopher Shea
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7/15/26
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